Tax & Legal Tips - Smart Property Investment

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Tax & Legal • 25 Mar 2026

Fake brokers target borrowers in new loan scam alert

Consumers have been warned that scammers are posing as brokers and financial service providers in a new wave of personal loan scams.

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Tax & Legal • 25 Mar 2026

Faulty work at 4 WA homes lands former building director in hot water

The former director of an insolvent Western Australian building company has been fined $33,000 for defective work at four homes.

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Tax & Legal • 24 Mar 2026

Qld home buyer loses a $1.6m property over goats and a tiny house

A Queensland home buyer has had her appeal dismissed after she walked out of a property sale due to various complaints, including two goats not being at the property.

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Tax & Legal • 24 Mar 2026

Investor exodus feared as CGT, negative gearing cuts loom

Industry bodies have warned that cutting CGT discounts and curbing negative gearing will deter investment, choke new housing supply, and intensify pressure in an already...

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Tax & Legal • 23 Mar 2026

Qld property owners lose $145k on sale after costly contract mistake

The owners of a rural Queensland property have lost $145,000 on the sale after failing to read the contract.

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Tax & Legal • 23 Mar 2026

Tasmania axes no-pets policy

Tasmania has become the fifth state to abolish the blanket no-pets rule in rental properties, with changes to the state’s laws coming into effect.

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Tax & Legal • 18 Mar 2026

Mending fences: Qld tradie to pay home owners $200k following probe

A Queensland tradie and his fencing and decking company have been fined $45,000 and ordered to repay almost $200,000 in compensation after failing to supply goods and...

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Tax & Legal • 18 Mar 2026

Capital gains or capital pains? Labor hints at CGT changes

In the lead-up to the May budget, Labor has signalled it may move to support the CGT discount for property investors.

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Tax & Legal • 17 Mar 2026

Qld tightens process to hold contractors accountable for defective work

Queensland home owners will soon see contractors held to greater accountability for defective work as the state’s building regulator updates its guidelines.

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Tax & Legal • 16 Mar 2026

Victorian vendors to foot the bill for pest and building inspections

Victorian sellers will have the responsibility of organising pest and building inspections as part of a newly-announced state Labor election pledge, saving buyers...

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